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Old 1st Feb 2002, 14:36
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sistern
 
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C152,

I don't think your god will have any influence over the council. You need to get organised and put a proposal to the council that keeps the airfield open.

It sounds as though the council wish to keep the facility without running it as an airport, but retaining the infrastructure for the day when they can continue to fund £400,000 to attract 2 flights per week in the summer but obviously they want and need more commercial movements than this.

I would have thought that the best way to do this is to continue with private flying on an unlicenced basis, however, this would preclude flying instruction. You don't need the full runway length for your average spam can. You don't need that impresive looking terminal.You don't need the apron and that expanse of land on the other side of the 33 threshold. Suggest to the council that they use the bits you don't actually need for their proposed recreational use and you, the flyers and aircraft owners, do them a favour by keeping the runway and aviation alive in Enniskillen until things change for the better.

It would be a great pitty to lose one of the few remaining airfields in NI. But if it comes to the crunch, EGAE has an under-used flying school with competitive rates where you can complete your PPL and do a night rating.
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